co-sleeping what worked for you ?

Hey mommas i have a question ,me and my hubby co-sleep with our little Emma(co-sleeping for those who don't know what it is she sleeps between me and my husband she is snuggled up against me ) we are both very light sleepers. so my question is so when you co-sleep how do you do so? did your baby have a special little bed between y'all or did they just sleep in your arms. I am trying to find a safer way for her to sleep with us,right now she sleeps on a pillow that i snuggle up to with my arms around her. we started with her in the crib but Emma has like these freak outs in the crib she will be asleep and i will put her in the crib she will sleep for maybe 5 minutes but when she wakes up she starts screaming as if she is petrified to be in the crib and when i pick her up which is like within a minute of her screaming it takes me like 5 minutes to comfort her to calm down she is scared to death of being in the crib. so i am doing what works for us right know which is co sleeping so please no judgement or rude comments. I am a first time mom so i have to do what works for my family.Thank you for reading this and for any feed back-Gaby

I sleep with my LO in my arms if its a night where she just won't stay asleep in her bassinet. If co-sleeping is t your first choice, you could always try swaddling and/or a bedside bassinet? Just a few things that have worked for me. Also, I notice my LO doesn't wake as easily on nights where she's had a bath so I'm putting that in her bedtime routine. A friend of mine has a co-sleeping bassinet that goes right between she and her hubby. I hope these ideas help!

I sleep with her on my chest. She likes to lay on her side with her head near my heartbeat. I was against Co sleeping at first because it does have the risks. But she doesn't really like sleeping in her bassinet so much. She'll stay in it for a few hours until she's hungry or startles herself awake. Co sleeping does make it easier for feedings though. I've also started sleeping on my side with her snuggled up next to me.

We cosleep as well. Little one sleeps between hubby and I. I keep an arm around her. We too are light sleepers, as well. Our LO sleeps fine in crib for naps during the day, but at night, she will not sleep in her crib either! Cosleeping also makes it so much easier for me to breastfeed in the middle of the night.

Also, my baby is the same when it comes to startling awake. Make sure you lay your baby down when in deep sleep. Also, with the cosleeper, I can just reach over and put a hand on her to calm down. Seems to work pretty well so far.

I have been co sleeping with my LO more recently for about half the night. She sleeps in rock n play the other half... Normally when she is really really tired. But after she wakes up for her middle of the night feedings she seems to like to stay with me. I have been keeping her in the nook of my arm. I am a light sleeper and having had any problems with this. DH works nights so he is only in bed from 430am... And we have a king bed so he has plenty of distance between us. I was thinking about getting a little bed like the other poster said to put in between us but I'm afraid she won't like it and will just want to be cuddled next to me. Plus she doesn't like to lay flat on her back. Good luck!